Six Indian air force Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters arrived at the UK Royal Air Force’s Waddington airbase in
Accompanied by two Ilyushin Il-78 tankers and two Il-76 transports carrying support personnel on their journey from
Two Su-30s and one Il-78 from the detachment are also scheduled to appear in the static display at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire from 14-15 July.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
Secretary of the US Air Force Frank Kendall flew in the lead seat of the service’s X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA), a specially modified Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter being used to test and develop artificial intelligence and autonomy capabilities.
The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is lauding a C$40 billion plan to boost military spending, particularly in the Arctic region, while downplaying the country’s failure to achieve the NATO standard of committing the equivalent of 2% of gross domestic product toward defence expenditures.
Video footage has been released showing pilot training activities being provided to Ukrainian air force personnel using Lockheed Martin F-16s, just months before Kyiv is expected to begin operating the western fighter.
